3 killed as rains lash parts of UP

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PTI

July 17, 2016

UPDATED: July 17, 2016 18:35 IST

Lucknow/Muzaffarnagar/Mathura, Jul 17 (PTI) Three persons were killed and several others injured in rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh, where south-west monsoon remained active since yesterday, officials said.

A 5-year-old girl was killed and five members of her family, including parents and siblings, injured today as their house at Lakadsangha village under Sader tehsil in Muzaffarnagar collapsed amid heavy rains, police said.

In a similar incident in Muzaffarnagar, which has been lashed by heavy rains since yesterday, four of a family were injured when their house in Chandsina village collapsed last evening, they said.

A 25-year-old man died in Joravpur area of Balrampur district yesterday while he was grazing his cattle.

A 40-year-old woman, Pushpa Devi, died after her house at Ganesara village in Mathura tehsil collapsed, Additional District Magistrate Ravindra Kumar said.

Several parts of the district remained water-clogged and houses in many villages were inundated even as heavy rains paralysed life in the pilgrim city.